Rapping math professor Chad Rico is prepping for quarterly semester exams with the release of the final four singles from his “12 Weeks of Summer” hip hop music project on Gold & Gems Records. The last assignments include “Still Wit It,” August 9; “Success with the Shade” on August 17; “Wonder,” on August 23 and “Sleep in the Phantom” on August 30. Rico’s “12 Weeks of Summer” has really added up, bringing the sum total of this musical equation to a blast summation. Altering the geometry of the rap game, Chad Rico enters the music classroom as an entrepreneur, financial analyst, clothing manufacturer/designer, filmmaker and world traveler. When he dropped his first EP Myth last year…
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Steve Lacy — best known as the guitarist of space-soul band THE INTERNET – announces his highly-anticipated solo headline tour this fall, culminating in a very special show at The Wiltern in Lacy’s hometown of Los Angeles this October. The tour follows on the massive critical success of his debut album Apollo XXI which was released on 3qtr via AWAL earlier this year. Click HERE to listen to Apollo XXI One of the most eagerly awaited debuts of the last couple years, Apollo XXI instantly won acclaim from critics with The Fader calling it “one of the most anticipated releases of this year” and The Guardian describing it as “a casually confident kaleidoscope.” Lacy has also recently been…
Dearly Beloved is the creative braintrust of vocalist/bassist Rob Higgins and vocalist/percussionist/Theremin abuser Niva Chow and the Toronto band will release Times Square Discount on October 25 via Aporia Records. VIEW / SHARE “RACE TO THE BOTTOM” VIDEO ON YOUTUBE They share the video for album opener “Race to the Bottom,” an anthemic salute to the mom-and-pop shops and the families that run them. The track and video is inspired by Higgins and Chow’s shared experiences working in their first-generation immigrant grandparents’ small businesses as teenagers. Higgins adds, “The song is a tribute to our grandmothers, who both ran convenience stores that Niva and I worked in as kids growing up.…
Photo Credit: Torso Four years since their critically acclaimed album, Escape From Evil, Lower Dens recently announced their newest creation — The Competition — which will be released on Ribbon Music on September 6, 2019. Lower Dens share a third taste of the album in the form of a glistening, synth-pop careen called “Galapagos.” CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO “GALAPAGOS”CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “GALAPAGOS” Lower Dens also recently announced they will be hitting the road upon the album’s release date supporting Of Monsters And Men in addition to three very special release shows in Los Angeles and…
ENJOY / SHARE “PA’ PODER VIVIR” LYRIC VIDEO Ani Cordero will release El Machete on Sept 20 via Panapén Records, a full-length album of deep emotional range, with songs about feminism, colonialism, anger, love, loss, and healing. Today, she releases the feminist anthem “Pa’ Poder Vivir,” a reckoning with the societal norms that suffocated her as a child. “Pa’ Poder Vivir” is a really important song for me,” declares Cordero. “The song talks about reconstructing the society like you would a house — to make space for us as women to live the lives we want to live. We’ll have to break down walls, create windows to…